However I'm not too convinced about its long-term usefulness.
Firstly I'm not sure it's as "down with the kids", "on the cutting edge" and "postmodern" as Hnaef claims.
Secondly, it's really distracting that everybody has to keep taking gulps out of those helium balloons every time they have a liturgical response to make. Add to that the number of balloons everyone needed to be supplied with, and the number that people let go of and which ended up bobbing around the ceiling of the Moot House. It's just too fiddly for the kind of monthly alt.worship pattern that Hnaef was suggesting.
He has remarked that we could dispense with the balloons if we pumped the entire Moot House full of helium. I have a few objections.
- We appear to be at "peak helium".
- It's not that cheap.
- We would all die of suffocation. It may not be toxic but that doesn't mean we can live on it.
Apart from that, it's a winner.
Dear Archdruid,
ReplyDeleteas always, the Church of England is way behind the Beaker Folk. Helium worship, perhaps coupled with a pet service for added hilarity. Or perhaps together with the traditional beating of the bounds of the parish? The possibilities are endless.